UNITING THE BUILT & NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

The city of Santa Monica, California, has transformed a former airport runway into 8.5 acres of dog-friendly parkland. The landscape architecture firm ah’bé landscape architects [principal Calvin Abe, FASLA] used green stormwater management, landscape planting, and irrigation throughout the parking lots, two soccer fields, and dog area. The Airport Park is the first city-built “ground-up” park to open in Santa Monica in 24 years.